Bought a Dodge truck with a system already in it (not very good) but I am trying to troubleshoot it, I get very little sound from the 8" sub that is in it.
I do not currently have another sub to replace it, but had another amp and hooked it up and still got very little out of it.
Does this mean the the speaker is blown?
I have tried the gains and even different inputs and RCA's (USED THE PASSTHRU ON THE HIGH END AMP)
what else should I check before I buy a new sub?
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2004 Hyundai Sonata
Kenwood KDC-X599 HU
2-Sundown X-18D4
2-SQ Q4500.1
2-SQ Q90.4
1-Massive DBX4
8-Niche 5.25 mids
8-Niche Tweeters
4-Skar 8" mid-bass
OhioGen 220a alt
OhioGen 350a alt
156.0
take the sub out and put a DMM across the VC. See if you get a reading.
if you have a DMM (digital multi-meter) set it to the ohm setting and connect the positive terminal from the sub to the red probe on the meter and do the same with the negative terminal. You should get a reading ranging anywhere from 2 to about 8 ohms. if you get numbers jumping all over the place...200, 80, 2,17, 660 etc....or it says OL, then it's bad. another way to check is to get a 9v battery and hook the positive from the batt. to the positive terminal on the sub and same with negative. if the sub moves out then you should be good...if it moves in then you have your wires backwards, but should still be ok. try those...
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